House of the Dragon Season 2 keeps heating up. The Game of Thrones prequel series has been a slow but steady escalation of the Dance of Dragons, the brutal struggle for succession between Queen Rhaenyra and King Aegon II, whose factions are known as the Blacks and Greens. In Episode 1 of the HBO series, we saw the tragic loss of Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys answered with a botched assassination attempt that produced the murder of Targaryen heir Jacaerys. Episode 2 had an equal trade-off in the brother versus brother showdown between Ser Arryk and Ser Erryk, which led to both falling in battle.
